Tai Chi and Qigong Practitioner Recommended Reading
Top 10 reads to improve tai chi and qigong practice, understanding and life
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Lea Williamson, ShiFu
- Nov 8
- 7 min
Top 5 Reasons to Practice Tai Chi
“Practice” tai chi is the key; not “try” tai chi. To take one class or even a month of classes isn’t enough for the alchemy of tai chi...
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Lea Williamson, ShiFu
- Aug 26
- 6 min
How Qualified is Your Tai Chi Instructor? Certified Instructor vs ShiFu: What’s that even mean?
What’s the difference between a certified and tai chi instructor and a ShiFu and why these things matter.
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Lea Williamson, ShiFu
- Jul 10
- 7 min
Nose versus Mouth Breathing: Nasal Breathing is Air Conditioning
Summer is reaching its height and the heat is on! It’s more crucial now than ever to understand why MOUTH BREATHING IS BAD! Using the...
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Lea Williamson, ShiFu
- Mar 23
- 4 min
Lessons Learned from Breath Retreat - Costa Rica March 2023
While not everyone will have the opportunity to attend author James Nestor’s week long Breath retreat in Costa Rica, his book is a...
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Lea Williamson, ShiFu
- Feb 21
- 7 min
The Yin and Yang of It All.
A very basic explanation of yin and yang symbology and how it applies to daily life.
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Lea Williamson, ShiFu
- Jan 19
- 5 min
Goodbye Tiger ‘22, Hello Gentle Rabbit ‘23!
Yay! The ferocious Year of the Water Tiger is almost complete! Sunday, January 22, 2023 marks the beginning of a hopeful and gentle...
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Lea Williamson, ShiFu
- Jan 4
- 7 min
What are Tai Chi 1 & 2?
What are TC1 & TC2 and ways to learn them.
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Lea Williamson, ShiFu
- Jul 1, 2022
- 4 min
Breath Better in 5 Simple Steps
It’s estimated that 90% of humans don’t breathe very well and even fewer can define what healthy breathing is. Breathing is something...
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Lea Williamson, ShiFu
- May 26, 2022
- 6 min
The Wind Blew My Chi Away!
How the wind blew my chi away. We rarely notice things we can’t see like the wind, until they impact us.
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Lea Williamson, ShiFu
- Mar 25, 2022
- 10 min
Evolutionary Chi Arts: Sun Style Tai Chi
Oh, Sun Style Tai Chi: How do my joints love thee! Thy conscious breathing expands my bones and chi connection. Sun Style, I must admit,...
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Lea Williamson, ShiFu
- Jan 30, 2022
- 5 min
Are you ready for the Year of the Water Tiger?
February 1st, 2022 marks the beginning of the year of the black water tiger. This is an excellent time to find stability in oneself and...
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Lea Williamson, ShiFu
- Nov 30, 2021
- 4 min
A Thousand Names for Joy - Book Review
Book review of how A Thousand Names for Joy frees minds.
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Lea Williamson, ShiFu
- Nov 1, 2021
- 5 min
Tai Chi for Diabetes-November is Diabetes Awareness Month
I’m not Diabetic. So why Do I Care? Tai Chi for Diabetes from the international Tai Chi for Health Institute was my first tai chi...
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Lea Williamson, ShiFu
- Oct 12, 2021
- 4 min
Qigong or Tai Chi: What’s the difference?
What’s the difference between qigong and tai chi?
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Lea Williamson, ShiFu
- May 3, 2021
- 2 min
The Alchemy of Medical Qigong
The alchemy of medical qigong. What is medical qigong and how does it work?
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Lea Williamson, ShiFu
- Mar 10, 2021
- 3 min
How’s Your Year of the Metal Ox?
It’s easy to get caught up in the cycles of daily personal and work life and forget the bigger picture. To that end, I’m reposting this...
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Lea Williamson, ShiFu
- Jan 16, 2021
- 3 min
My Last Yoga Mistake
Ever feel like you just need a really good deep stretch? I did over the Christmas holidays and since I know loads of yoga and hadn’t...
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Lea Williamson
- Sep 20, 2020
- 2 min
Natural Gratitude
When stress and challenges arise in my life I’ve always found healing in nature. Just by being out in it, I feel blessed. Because I feel...
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Lea Williamson, ShiFu
- Jul 16, 2020
- 3 min
Surfing Chi Social Workshop
Hello Chi family! Hope all’s well with you and yours. If you’re interested in learning how to surf the changing waves of chi/energy ...
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